The O.S. was the first body committed to armed confrontation with France.

Evidence

Amateurishly mounted, the raid netted a sum of three million francs (little more than £3,000), while leaving ten times this amount scattered on the floor; nevertheless, this modest booty provided the future F.L.N. with its first operational funds. But although it was constructed on a system of watertight compartments that was to be successfully emulated later by the F.L.N., the security of the O.S. was poor and French intelligence efficient. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 226 (#expands, via linked claim)

Disgusted with its unproductive dialectics and outraged by the administration’s electoral frauds, Ben Bella soon became one of the founder members of a new splinter group inside the M.T.L.D. called the Organisation Spéciale — or O.S. Pledged to fight colonialism “by all means”, legal or illegal, the O.S. was in effect the first nationalist body dedicated to preparing for an armed confrontation with France — now considered inevitable — and thereby it became the immediate predecessor of the F.L.N. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 225 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Electoral fraud drove Ben Bella to found the armed O.S., precursor of the F.L.N.; The O.S. was the first Algerian nationalist body preparing armed revolt — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 225; The fledgling O.S. supplied the future F.L.N. its first operational funds — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 226

Related

• The fledgling O.S. supplied the future F.L.N. its first operational funds (similarity 0.94)
• The O.S. was the first Algerian nationalist body preparing armed revolt (similarity 0.94)
• Electoral fraud drove Ben Bella to found the armed O.S., precursor of the F.L.N. (similarity 0.94)
• F.L.N. began its revolt with only 350 to 400 mostly sporting firearms (similarity 0.78)
• The revolt began with only 350-400 guns and no Communist-bloc arms (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The fledgling O.S. supplied the future F.L.N. its first operational funds #expands (0.80) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 226
• The O.S. was the first Algerian nationalist body preparing armed revolt #qualifies (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 225